Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
126680000 | Energy concentrator with support for material heated | 35 |
20090250051 | THIN WALL HEADER WITH A VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION FOR SOLAR ABSORPTION PANELS - The invention relates to a thin wall header with a variable cross-section for solar absorption panels, manufactured in nickel-based superalloy and formed by a main thin wall body ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090255529 | Solar collector and solar heating system using same - A solar collector includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface, a sidewall, a transparent cover, and a heat-absorbing layer. The sidewall is arranged on the top surface of the substrate. The transparent cover is disposed on the sidewall opposite to the substrate to form a sealed chamber with the substrate together. The heat-absorbing layer is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and includes a carbon nanotube structure. | 10-15-2009 |
20100000521 | FRAME FOR A PLATE-SHAPED SOLAR ELEMENT - The invention relates to a frame for a plate-shaped solar element. The frame includes a bottom frame element ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100101564 | SHOP-ASSEMBLED SOLAR RECEIVER HEAT EXCHANGER - A shop-assembled solar receiver heat exchanger having an arrangement of heat transfer surfaces and a vertical steam/water separator structurally and fluidically interconnected thereto. A vertical support structure is provided to support the vertical separator and the heat transfer surfaces. The vertical support structure is bottom supported, while the vertical steam/water separator and heat exchanger heat transfer surfaces are top supported from the vertical support structure. The vertical support structure provides structural support and rigidity for the heat exchanger and a means by which the heat exchanger can be picked up and lifted for placement at a desired location. A fabrication/transport/lifting fixture is provided which facilitates fabrication, assembly, transportation and erection of the heat exchanger from the shop to the field. The fixture supports two trunnion shafts attached to the support structure of the receiver. Lifting lugs would be located on the top end of the support structure. Upon arrival at the job site in the field, a crane lifts the heat exchanger receiver to vertical, rotating about the trunnion shafts on the fixture, and then lifts the heat exchanger receiver for placement at a desired location. | 04-29-2010 |
20100206301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN INTERLOCKING SOLAR PANEL ARRAY - A mounting system for supporting solar panel cells above a support surface. The system may have a frame including a plurality of frame sections that are secured to a solar panel cell. At least one of the frame sections may include a pair of walls forming a first channel for receiving an edge portion of the solar panel cell, and a second channel spaced apart from the first channel. The second channel may have a curving inner wall. The at least one frame section may also have a base portion. The mounting system may also include a mounting bracket having a pair of flanges and forming a third channel therebetween. One of the flanges of the third channel may form a curving flange. The curving flange and the second channel of the frame section may cooperatively secure the frame section and the mounting bracket together. | 08-19-2010 |
20100294265 | DUAL AXIS SUPPORT FOR HIGH WIND SOLAR PANELS - A solar panel mounting system and structure which provides dual axis tracking while only requiring a force to be applied about a single axis. The system can provide desirable results with both actively-powered and passively-powered drive mechanisms. Also provided is a solar panel mounting frame which permits a solar panel to be mounted without requiring additional frame components. | 11-25-2010 |
20100319682 | Solar Module System of the Parabolic Concentrator Type - A solar module system includes a self-supporting structure and at least one solar module element or reflector element which can be arranged on the support structure. The support structure includes a plurality of juxtaposed support profiles in the form of self-supporting hollow chamber profiles, which have front parabolic concentrator reflector functional surfaces and solar module functional surfaces on the side facing away from the front. The system is used e.g. for photovoltaic systems outdoors or on buildings. | 12-23-2010 |
20110067691 | MOUNTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING SLIDABLE INSTALLATION OF A PLURALITY OF SOLAR PANELS AS A UNIT - A solar panel mounting system that supports field installation of solar panels. The system comprises a carrier for holding a plurality of individual solar panels together as a unit and an attachment structure on the carrier for mounting the carrier to a support structure. The support structure may comprise a plurality of spaced parallel rails. The carrier can be slidably mounted to the spaced parallel rails using the attachment structure provided on the carrier. | 03-24-2011 |
20110088688 | Support frame for solar energy device - The present invention discloses a support frame for solar energy device, which includes at least two support bodies, and at least two lintels, each of which being provided between the two support bodies. Each of the support bodies and lintels is made of reinforced concrete. Each of the support bodies includes two supporting columns, and a transverse beam fixedly provided between two top ends of the two supporting columns respectively. Two ends of each of the lintels are fixedly provided on a transverse beam of one of the support bodies and a transverse beam of an adjacent support body, respectively. Each of the support bodies further includes a strengthened beam fixedly provided between the two supporting columns. The present invention has a lower cost, corrosion protection, long service life, higher structural strength, good normability, is capable of site pouring and adapted for any amount of solar energy devices. | 04-21-2011 |
20110132353 | TRANSPORTABLE MULTI-CONFIGURABLE SELF-BALLASTED MODULAR SOLAR POWER UNIT - A transportable multi-configurable self-ballasted modular solar power unit has a support frame and a solar module frame hingedly connected to it. A plurality of solar modules are mounted on the solar module frame and a selected angle is chosen to increase the efficiency of the solar modules. Support arms are used to keep the solar module frame at the selected angle. Four trailer jacks are attached to the perimeter of the support frame and are used to raise and lower the unit. The unit is raised and set on a trailer or a wheel assembly is attached. The unit can then be transported to the selected installation site. Once at the site, the trailer jacks are raised until the trailer can be rolled out from under it. The trailer jacks can be adjusted individually if the surface is not level. | 06-09-2011 |
20110146668 | Solar fence - A solar fence with a plurality of fence panels, wherein one or more of the fence panels includes one or more solar panels inside the wall of the fence panels. The top or sides of the fence panels include a plurality of optical lenses to receive and collect sun rays. Fiber optic lines are connected to the optical lenses and to the solar panels to transmit the solar rays collected by the optical lenses to the solar panels for storage. Electric lines are connected to the solar panels and to a meter for measuring the amount of electric energy collected and produced by the solar fence. | 06-23-2011 |
20110192394 | SOLAR ARRAY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A movable solar array and method for capturing solar energy which includes a V-shaped longitudinal support forming a corner of an elongated truss located at each angle of a polygonal axial cross-section where an open web is fixedly attached between each V-shaped longitudinal support extending the length of the elongated truss. An end member is fixedly attached at each end of the support truss and includes a shaft extending longitudinally outwardly from the end member adapted to engage a drive to longitudinally rotate the elongated truss. Solar panels are attached along one face of the elongated truss, and at least one rotatable drive is capable of driving the shafts at the end of the elongated truss to move the solar panels in relation to a change of direction of incoming solar energy. | 08-11-2011 |
20110220095 | SOLAR RECEIVER FOR USE IN A SOLAR ENERGY CONCENTRATOR - This application relates to solar receivers and solar energy concentrators, and windows for use therein. The solar receiver comprises a housing ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110232635 | CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION ASSEMBLY - A concentrated solar radiation assembly comprising a housing divided into segments by housing trusses; window blocks positioned within the segments supported by the housing trusses; and, internal trusses positioned on top of the window blocks and within the segments. The assembly may be hermetically sealed, large-scale and refrigerated by water flow within the trusses. | 09-29-2011 |
20120017889 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CERAMIC ABSORBER MEMBER FOR SOLAR RADIATION, AND ABSORBER MEMBER - The invention relates to a housing ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120312296 | SOLAR BOILER TUBE PANEL SUPPORTS - A solar boiler includes a boiler support defining an axis along an inboard-outboard direction. A hanger rod is rotatably mounted to the boiler support. A bracket is rotatably mounted to the hanger rod, and a solar boiler panel is mounted to the bracket. The solar boiler panel defines a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular with the axis of the boiler support. The hanger rod connects between the boiler support and the bracket to support the weight of the solar boiler panel from the boiler support. The hanger rod and bracket are configured and adapted to maintain a substantially constant orientation of the bracket during inboard and outboard movement of the bracket relative to the boiler support. | 12-13-2012 |
20130068217 | SOLID PARTICLE RECEIVER WITH POROUS STRUCTURE FOR FLOW REGULATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER - There is disclosed a receiver panel. In an embodiment, the panel is configured to receive a curtain of particles in a solar central receiver system. A porous structure of the panel has a top end and a bottom end. The porous structure is disposed between the top end and the bottom end. The porous structure has a size to impede movement of the particles during downward travel from the top end to the bottom end. There is disclosed a solar central receiver system. In an embodiment, the receiver system includes a plurality of receiver panels, a tower supporting the plurality of receiver panels in a configuration to receive solar irradiation, and a hopper forming a slot configured to dispose the particles at a given location on to the porous structure. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130255669 | COOKING DEVICE USING SOLAR ENERGY - Cooking device using solar energy and comprising a parabolic mirror characterised in that the mirror ( | 10-03-2013 |
20140331991 | Parabolic reflective solar heater - This product is a solar cooker that combines portability with the precision of a mathematically-designed parabolic reflector. It comprises a rigid framework and a semi-rigid reflector surface. The framework has a cross-shaped footprint. The upper surface of the framework is a parabolic dish roughly two feet in diameter. The contour of the dish may be a simple paraboloid, compound paraboloid, or semi-compound paraboloid. The framework is lightweight and may be hollow and/or deconstructible for ease of portability. An alternative embodiment allows the dish to incline at various angles. The reflector surface is formed from sheets that fit atop the framework and assume the shape of the parabolic dish. Securing means on the upper surface of the framework hold the reflector sheets in place in a precisely parabolic configuration. | 11-13-2014 |
20160187030 | Solar Fluid Preheating System Having A Thermosiphonic Aperture and Concentrating and Accelerating Convective Nanolenses - In one aspect, the present disclosure includes a solar fluid preheating system having a storage heater tank configured to store fluid which is in the process of being heated. The storage heater tank is encased by a cover, thereby creating an aperture extending therebetween. In another aspect, the solar fluid preheating system includes a nanoimprint lithographic layer having a plurality of nanolenses configured to concentrate and accelerate solar radiation rays. In a further aspect, the solar fluid preheating system includes a fluid vacuum system in fluidic commutation with the storage heater tank. | 06-30-2016 |
126681000 | Solar oven | 15 |
20090050133 | REFLECTOR AND A RECEIVER FOR A SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a reflector ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090133688 | Solar cooking pot - A solar cooker in the form of a pot with double-walled body and lid configured to collectively constitute a near-hermetic thermal enclosure including a closed, solar radiation-absorbing and heat-retaining vessel surrounded by a vacuum insulation shield encased in a transparent peripheral jacket. The device intercepts solar energy omnidirectionally, and collects and retains it with sufficient efficiency to pasteurize water and cook food without resorting to outside reflectors, refractors, conductors, or insulators, thereby escaping from the dual requirements of solar concentration and orientation that universally govern the construction and operation of existing solar cookers. Freedom from these restrictions enables designs that are inexpensive, simple, compact, lightweight, sturdy, accessible, and applicable in varied geographic, climatic, economic, social, and culinary contexts. | 05-28-2009 |
20090165781 | Solar Cooking System - An easily transportable solar cooking system that is capable of effectively utilizing available sunlight in locations having obstructed views of the sky. A plurality of support members upon which one or more reflective elements may be mounted, may be independently placed adjacent to an object to be heated. A user may manually adjust the angle of each reflective element, a concave mirror in the preferred embodiment, with respect to the support member so as to reflect a focused beam of light onto the object to be heated. The reflective elements may be mounted via a separable ball and socket joint such that the reflective elements and support members may be disassembled and compactly stored for easy storage and transport. | 07-02-2009 |
20100139648 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device is provided which includes a cooking surface, a remote heat collector, and a heat transfer passage. In an example, the heat transfer passage is located adjacent at least a portion of the remote heat collector and extends to a point adjacent at least a portion of the cooking surface. | 06-10-2010 |
20100313878 | Systems and methods for harnessing resources - The present invention relates to, among other items, a concentrating reflector comprising: a reflector reflective to radiant electromagnetic energy and operable to produce a concentration of electromagnetic energy; and a safety member disposed to provide a physical barrier at least partially surrounding a concentration of electromagnetic energy at a focal point or focal zone defined by the reflector, wherein the apparatus is further characterized as having a radiant-energy-absorbing structure of one or more material-processing or food-processing devices positioned in proximity to the focal point or focal zone, for example, a beverage-brewing device such as for brewing coffee or tea; a kernel-popping device such as for popping popcorn, among others. | 12-16-2010 |
20110023868 | Solar oven - A portable solar oven which relies upon sunlight as a clean, readily-available and inexpensive source of fuel to generate the heat necessary to cook solid foods or boil liquids. The solar oven includes a cooking trough in which the food to be cooked or liquid to be boiled is placed. A hood is hingedly connected to the cooking trough and rotatable between a closed position seated upon the trough and an open position lifted upwardly and off the trough. A flared sunlight collector is connected atop the hood and rotatable therewith. The solar oven is removably received by and transported from place to place in a stand. The solar oven is rotatable relative to the stand in response to a pushing or pulling force that is applied to a position-control arm attached to the cooking trough whereby the sunlight collector can be correspondingly repositioned to remain in alignment with the sun as it moves across the sky. | 02-03-2011 |
20120042873 | HEATING CABINET - A heating cabinet is provided capable of keeping foods warm by use of solar energy. The heating cabinet includes a body member, which has an outer surface formed using transparent material and is configured to form an accommodation space therein, in which an inside of a part surrounding the accommodation space to be filled with heat retaining fluid heated by solar energy such that heat received from solar energy is stored in the heat retaining fluid to keep contents accommodated in the accommodation space warm; and a detachable member which is formed at one side of the body member to allow the body member to be detachable to the window. Foods contained in the heating cabinet are kept warm. When taking foods contained in the heating cabinet, a user takes foods by separating the heating cabinet from the window. Alternatively, a user separates the heating cabinet from the window and takes foods while carrying the separated heating cabinet. | 02-23-2012 |
20130139808 | SOLAR HEATING DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a solar heating device comprising at least one incidence collector and a thermal container. The thermal container includes at least one light absorbing recess, wherein at least one of the incidence collectors focuses solar beams on a focal point, which is located inside the light absorbing recess. The inner surface of the light absorbing recess converts the energy of the solar beams into radiant heating. | 06-06-2013 |
20130206135 | APPARATUS FOR SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTION AND SYSTEM OF THE SAME - One embodiment of the present invention discloses an apparatus for solar-thermal collection. The apparatus includes a thermal resistance body; a solar-thermal converter disposed inside the thermal resistance body, wherein the volume of the solar-thermal converter is less than that of the thermal resistance body, so that a space exists between the inner wall of the thermal resistance body and the outer wall of the solar-thermal converter; and at least one opening disposed on the wall of the thermal resistance body, wherein the opening is a through hole only on the wall of the thermal resistance body | 08-15-2013 |
20140230807 | SOLAR FURNACE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A solar furnace for heating a target having a heliostat with a reflective surface having a reflective portion, a surface altering mechanism capable of altering the shape of the reflective portion, and a target having a target area, the reflective surface capable of reflecting radiant energy toward a target. | 08-21-2014 |
20140251312 | Reflecting parabolic splice solar smelter - A revolution-of-a-parabolic-curve is sliced by two planes to form a reflecting-parabolic-splice-solar-smelter so as to focus the sun's noon light to a crucible for smelting rocks, glass and metals and for processing of chemicals, using zero degrees of freedom. (50 words) | 09-11-2014 |
20140338658 | System to create rotational energy from a wind-chimmey and solar-smelter - A rotating-air-compressor moves ambient-air into a solar-smelter, which heats and compresses the ambient-air for a wind-chimney. Located in the wind-chimney is a rotating-helix that captures the ambient-air creating rotational energy. An over-spin-valve controls the velocity of the ambient-air to prevent over spinning of the rotating-helix. A rotating-shaft drives a rotating-machine. Attached to a parabolic-half-shell is a parabolic-overhang protecting a crucible in the solar-smelter from rain and wind. | 11-20-2014 |
20140345601 | SOLAR OVEN - A solar oven designed for year-round use is readily-accessible and easy to use by simply removing a protective oven cover. The solar oven replicates the mainstream cook's current pattern with standard stoves, requiring little set-up or storage. Access to the solar oven is from the front and solar heat is stored in an upper oven chamber. By changing the solar oven chamber above the door, heat remains in the trapezoidal-pyramid cover during transfers and condensation is reduced to a minimum. By raising and lowering the floor, the solar oven allows the gasketed oven chamber to perform food cooking while being protected to prevent loss of heat. The solar oven remains available in all weather, does not fade in color and is attractive to most mainstream cooks. | 11-27-2014 |
20190145664 | EFFICIENT SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR | 05-16-2019 |
126682000 | Having foldable energy concentrator | 1 |
20100071686 | Wedge shape solar cooker - Developed is a solar cooker with triangle reflective sides. Above and below are two movable solar reflecting panels, that can be adjusted to focus light onto an invented frying pan using a glass lid, an insulating pad, and a surrounding plastic bag to trap solar light for cooking. The triangle reflective sides are used also to adjust and support the two movable solar reflecting panels via movable pegs. In the corners adjacent to the triangle sides, back reflective plate and reflective floor plate is an invented reflective equilateral triangle, to capture and reflect light towards the solar frying pan assembly. At night the entire solar cooker can be folded down to form a storage space. The entire solar cooker is foldable for shipping. | 03-25-2010 |